Optimal design of reinforced concrete beams using genetic algorithms

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-108

  Coello, Carlos Coello ^a,b   Hernández, Filiberto Santos ^a   Farrera, Francisco Alonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

REAL WORLD APPLICATION; SEARCH TECHNIQUE;

CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0030811439     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(96)00084-X     Document Type: Article

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